“It was quite lovely in my forest today — only a few flies, a lot of lovely dragons, and such pretty birds,” writes NRCM member Pam Wells of Old Town, Maine. These three photos were all taken in her forest. Read more about her forest here. Do you have wildlife living in your backyard? Have Read More
Maine wildlife
My Maine This Week: Bob Fritsch
NRCM member Bob Fritsch of Dexter, Maine, shares these photos of a red-bellied snake that he found on his lawn earlier this summer. “This is a common, beneficial, and quite beautiful animal. I thought it was exceptionally beautiful,” he writes. What Maine wildlife have you seen in your yard? If you have photographed it, we’d Read More
My Maine This Week: Jayne Winters
NRCM member Jayne Winters shares so many wonderful wildlife photos with us, most taken right in her backyard! These birds were visitors to Jayne’s yard in South China, Maine, earlier this spring. Thank you, Jayne, for sharing your feathered friend photos with us! Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to share? Read More
My Maine This Week: Peggy Yaeger
Thanks to new My Maine This Week photographer Peggy Yaeger of Corbin, Kentucky for sharing this adorable photo of a red squirrel that she took on one of her trips to Maine to visit family. She calls this, “Lunch time in the Schoodic Peninsula.” Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to Read More
My Maine This Week: David Small
“Like the old adage says ‘make hay while the sun shines.’ American Woodcock have been hanging out at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and I’ve been able to see and photograph them. I love watching them forage. These all caught a meal while I was sharing space with them.” Photos and video by NRCM member Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
“After a spell of gloomy, wet weather, the painted turtles at Capisic Pond Park in Portland tiptoed onto a rock to catch some sun.” Photo by NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to share? We would love to see any photos, but Read More
Creature Feature: Harbor Seal
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina Cool Fact: The Portland Sea Dogs, a minor league baseball team, are named after a slang term for the harbor seal. Anyone who has spent much time on the coast of Maine has probably seen a harbor seal. Seals haul out on rocks to rest and sun themselves, often posing with Read More
Sparrows Celebrate First Day of Spring & World Sparrow Day with Impromptu Concerts
We woke up this morning to the thin, quivery whistles of the “Old Sam Peabody” song of one of the two White-throated Sparrows that have made it through the entire winter in our yard. The songs were not the strong, perfect version that we all know as a quintessential sound of summer in Maine but Read More
Messalonskee Middle Schoolers Help Others Explore Maine’s Environment
This past fall at Messalonskee Middle School, students were given a variety of field guides in Mrs. Ripa’s science class. We looked at the different ways the guides were organized and thought about how useful they would be to us in our school forest. There were “Mammals of North America,” “Birds of the Northeast,” “Trees Read More
